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5 injured in weekend shootings in Abbotsford, B.C.: police

Police are investigating after five people were hurt in two separate shootings in Abbotsford, B.C., over the weekend.

All victims are in their 20s, investigators say

Police in Abbotsford, B.C., were called to two separate shootings in the city's west side over the weekend. Investigators say a total of five people in their 20s were hurt. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Police are investigating after five people were hurt in two separate shootings in Abbotsford, B.C., over the weekend.

A statement said a man was shot Sunday around 6:30 p.m. PT in the 27800-block of Pullman Avenue, a quiet residential subdivisonnear the Langley border.

The man, who is in his 20s, was left with non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting came nearly 24 hours after ashooting near the city's airport sent four people to hospital.

Officers were called to King Road near Townline Road shortly after 7:30 p.m. PT Saturday.

When police arrived, they found four male victims in their 20s.

All four were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The two crime scenes are roughly 10 kilometres apart in Abbotsford's west side.

TheAbbotsfordPolice Department's Major Crime Unit has taken over bothinvestigations. Statements saidpreliminary information suggests the shootings weretargeted.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

In relation to Sunday's shooting, anyone with dashcam footage from Fraser Highwaybetween Station Road and Bradner Road oralong Lefeuvre Road between Downes Road and Swensson Avenuebetween the hours of
5:30 p.m. and 7p.m. is asked to call police.

With files from The Canadian Press